All Things Considered, There Is Only Matisse.

A Painter Paints To Unload Himself Of Feelings And Visions.

The Best Calculation Is The Absence Of Calculation. Once You Have Attained A Certain Level Of Recognition, Others Generally Figure That When You Do Something, It's For An Intelligent Reason. So It's Really Foolish To Plot Out Your Movements Too Carefully In Advance. You're Better Off Acting Capriciously.

If You Have Five Elements Available Use Only Four. If You Have Four Elements Use Three.

I Put In My Pictures Everything I Like. So Much The Worse For The Things - They Have To Get Along With One Another.

A Good Picture, Any Picture, Has To Be Bristling With Razor Blades.